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Definition adventure

Etymology 1

From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, borrowed from Old French aventure, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin advenire, adventum (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advene).

Noun

adventure (countable and uncountable, plural adventures)

1. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
2. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event
3. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
4. (uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things
5. (video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
6. (obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap
7. (obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
8. (obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.

Etymology 2

From Middle English aventuren, auntren, which from Old French aventurer, from aventure.

Verb

adventure (third-person singular simple present adventures, present participle adventuring, simple past and past participle adventured)

1. (transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
2. (transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
3. (intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.

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